Every day Quiz | On the monsoons
Edmond Halley was an astronomer and mathematician who edited the work of Isaac Newton. A comet and a analysis station in Antarctica are named after him, who printed a treatise on the Indian monsoon.
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Wherein State does the south-west monsoon arrive first?
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This area, which homes the longest sandstone cave on the planet, additionally has the very best common rainfall. Identify this village within the East Khasi Hills.
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This cellular app, created to supply crop advisories to farmers primarily based on climate info, is known as after an epic poem. An operation of the identical title was carried out by the Indian navy in opposition to Pakistan in 1984 within the Siachen Glacier. Identify the app.
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If 10 cm of rainfall is obtained over a small space at a station in a single hour, this phenomenon is known as __. Mountainous areas are extra vulnerable to it than plains. Fill within the clean.
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A circulation of air originates close to Mauritius and travels throughout Madagascar, Kenya, Ethiopia and eventually Somalia, earlier than crossing the Arabian Sea and reaching the Indian western coast. It attains most energy in July and offers rise to a powerful monsoon in peninsular India. What is that this circulation of air known as?
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X was established in 1875 in Calcutta, a yr after a disastrous cyclone struck there. Later its headquarters have been shifted to Shimla, then to Poona (now Pune), and eventually to New Delhi. Identify X, which is cited in each newspaper report in the course of the monsoon.
Reply : Indian Meteorological Division
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Printed – Might 30, 2025 05:05 pm IST
